CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (CNP) earnings on July 28, 2026

Before the market opens Q2 2026

More CenterPoint Energy, Inc. earnings

Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed

CenterPoint Energy shares rose after the company beat profit and sales expectations for the quarter and maintained its outlook for next year.

CNP price around the earnings

44.10

Change: +0.2%

2026-07-28, 20:00 UTC

End of the measured window
43.57 44.13 44.70 45.26 44.01
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Price series around the event

Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed

Thesis published
Results released

Analysts expect modest growth and limited upside, but historical earnings quality is weak with recent negative price action.

Context analyzed before publication

Trend
Recent positive trajectory reversed sharply negative into earnings, despite earlier modest analyst expectations.

Analysts

Evidence

Analyst consensus
Buy
Consensus average (1-5)
2.17
Analysts covering the stock
16
Average price target
46.25
Lowest price target
40
Highest price target
50
Upside to price target
5.1%
Quarterly earnings growth
6.4%
Revenue growth
1.9%
Forward EPS
2.09
Trailing EPS
1.61
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
4
  • Strong buy: 1
  • Buy: 7
  • Hold: 10
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong sell: 0
Strong buy
1
Buy
7
Hold
10
Sell
0
Strong sell
0
  • July 23, 2026 · Keybanc: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
  • July 22, 2026 · BMO Capital: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
  • July 16, 2026 · JP Morgan: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
  • July 15, 2026 · BMO Capital: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Neutral
Mention volume
Low
Normalized volume
33%
News
Sources (4)

Technicals

Evidence

Average true range (ATR)
1.8%
Distance to 52-week high
-2.3%
14-day change (14d)
-0.2%
30-day change (31d)
-2.2%
30-day relative strength
-3.5%
SPY change (31d)
+1.3%
Nearest support
43.96
Nearest resistance
44.27
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
1.18

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
+2.2%
  • April 23, 2026: actual EPS 0.56 vs estimate 0.55 (surprise +1.1%)
  • February 19, 2026: actual EPS 0.45 vs estimate 0.45 (surprise -0.4%)
  • October 23, 2025: actual EPS 0.5 vs estimate 0.44 (surprise +12.6%)
  • July 24, 2025: actual EPS 0.29 vs estimate 0.3 (surprise -4.6%)

Expected move

Implied move
+1.6%
Source
Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move
1.4%
75th percentile move
1.9%
90th percentile move
2.4%
Up / down moves
13 / 7
Average up move
+1.4%
Average down move
-1.3%

Monitoring and close

What CenterPoint Energy, Inc. reported

Status
Finished
Actual EPS0.37
EPS estimate0.37
EPS surprise-0.7%
Revenue$2,152 million
Revenue estimate$2,094 million
Revenue surprise+2.8%

CenterPoint Energy Q2 adjusted EPS $0.40 beat estimates. Revenue $2.152B topped forecasts. Reaffirmed FY2026 guidance of $1.89-$1.91. 10-year capital plan increased $1.2B to $66.7B.

Sources (13)

Pre-market second reading after the results

Verdict
In line with expectations

Heading into the open, the figures don't clearly confirm the prior scenario.

How the stock reacted

Outcome
Missed
Consolidated
+0.2%
Max favorable move (MFE)
0.4%
Max adverse move (MAE)
2.8%